Overview

• Foreign minister José Manuel Albares said 21 of the 49 Spanish nationals detained after the Global Sumud Flotilla interception are set to depart Tel Aviv today, pending final procedures.
• Madrid has confirmed a total of 49 Spaniards were detained, leaving 28 still in Israel awaiting subsequent repatriation steps.
• None of the Spaniards were included in Friday’s group of 137 deported to Turkey, which comprised activists of multiple other nationalities.
• Spain’s foreign ministry publicly denied an Israeli claim that Jerusalem proposed organizing a charter for Spanish returnees, calling the statement false.
• Activists arriving in Istanbul reported mistreatment during deportation, while Spain’s consul in Tel Aviv is visiting detained Spaniards daily and has flagged elected officials such as ERC’s Jordi Coronas for special consideration.